Tennessee Retail Association PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Virginia Raffield · Nashville, TN

Raised
$1,000
Total Spent
$2,750
To TN candidates
$2,250
82% of spending
To other PACs
$500
18% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $500 to 1 candidate
$500 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $2,750 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $2,250 (82%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

Why this number?

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $0 ÷ Total spent: $2,750
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $2,250
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Steve Southerland † Tennessee Senate, District 09 Rep. $500.00

† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.

This committee’s own filings report $2,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $500. Of the $1,750 difference, $1,750 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,750 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Mumpower, Jason $500.00
  • Casada, Glen $250.00
  • Naifeh, Jimmy $250.00
  • Norris, Mark $250.00
  • Odom, Gary $250.00
  • Rinks, Randy $250.00

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
RAAMPAC $500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
CBRL Group INC PAC Lebanon, TN — $500.00
Food Lion LLC Political Action Committee Salisbury, NC — $500.00

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2007 Historical $1,906.35 $80.62 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $1,994.47 $1,906.35 Source ↗